Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania Weather
Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Northern Cambria, Cambria County.
Full aviation weather for Northern Cambria is published on the Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (KIDI) page, 27 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Northern Cambria have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Northern Cambria: Punxsutawney Municipal Airport (KN35) 36 km · John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (KJST) 38 km · Clearfield Lawrence Airport (KFIG) 53 km · Altoona Blair County Airport (KAOO) 56 km · Albert Airport (K1N3) 57 km
Conditions reported at KIDI describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Northern Cambria specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Northern Cambria.
About Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania
Northern Cambria rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and ice, where rolling hills, draped in the deep greens of summer and the stark grays of winter, give way to broader valleys. It lies 22.5 miles west-north-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 296°T), and is situated 0.2 miles south-south-west of Barnesboro. The air here, particularly in the quiet hours before dawn, carries a crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a palpable coolness that speaks of the elevation and the surrounding woodlands. The terrain folds in on itself, creating a sense of contained openness, where distant ridges blur into the horizon under skies that can shift from a bruised, stormy purple to a brilliant, washed-out blue with startling speed. This place was forged in the earth’s deep reserves, its identity irrevocably tied to the coal that once pulsed beneath its surface, a legacy that still whispers in the weathered brick of older buildings and the quiet resilience of its people. The local economy, once powered by the pickaxe and the mine shaft, has since diversified, with manufacturing and service industries now forming the backbone of daily life in Northern Cambria. The clear, cool waters of the nearby Stonycreek River offer a different kind of bounty, a place for quiet contemplation or the simple pleasure of a summer afternoon. The rhythm of Northern Cambria is one of steady, unpretentious perseverance, a quiet strength born of the land and the enduring spirit of those who call it home.
Live animated radar for Northern Cambria and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Northern Cambria, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40.659234°N, 78.781694°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 15714 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Northern Cambria includes coordinates 40.659234°N, 78.781694°W, situated in Cambria County. ZIP code 15714. Telephone area code: 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
